Painter&#39;s tool.



'No. 7 05,349. V Patentd- July 22, 1902.

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PRINTERS TOOL.

(Application filed Mm. 2'6, 1902.

(No 'Model.)

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GUSTAV HENDERSON, OF WOODSIDE, NEW YORK.

PAINTERS TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.1705349, dated July 22, 1902.

Q 7 Application filed March 26, 1902.: Serial No. 100.037. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, GU'ST'AVZHENDERSQNLLEL" citizen of the'United States, residing at Wood side, in the county of Queens, inthe State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Painters Tools, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to painters tools; and its novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts, as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

Every painter needs a scraper in practicing his art, and eachworkman'is commonly provided Withone of a well-known shape and construction, consisting of a broad blade of sheet metal and a narrow wooden handle. In the course of my business I have found the need when painting a steep roof covered with shingles or otherwise for some means for supporting a paint-pot, so that it need not be held by an assistant or fellow workman. I have also found constant need for an extracting-tool in the nature of a claw-hammer to {186 in the removal of nails, staples, and the ike. s

The purpose of my invention is to combine in one implement a scraping-tool,a pot-holder, and an extracting-tool in such a manner that it will serve efficiently for all three purposes, be simple in construction, and of low cost.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa top plan view of my combined tool with the parts folded together as they will bewhen the tool is used solely as a scraper. v Fig. 2 is a central 1ongitudinal section of the same, the handhold being shown in side elevation. Fig.3 is a side elevation of the tool,'on a smaller scale, showing its use as apot-holder; and Fig. at is an enlarged detail perspective View of the part of the handle constituting the handhold and extracting-tool.

In the drawings, 1 is a broad-bladed scraper made of sheet metal thinned down or sharpened at its broadest extremity. This extends rearwardly and is turned upward at each side to form a handle 2, consisting of two plates 3 3, each of which is suitably enlarged at 4 4 and connected by a transverse pivot or pin 5.

At the rear the handle 2 is extended laterally and curved upward and then forwardly to form a handhold 6, the same being provided with lateral bifurcations 7 '7, which con vert the handhold into a clawing-tool for the extraction of nails, staples, and the like. It will be observed that the scraping-blade, the handle, and the handhold are all made in the structuredescribed of one piece of sheet metal, 7

and this is the manner in which I prefer to make them; but itwill be readily understood that variations may be made in the material employed without departing from the principles involved in such construction.

A pot-holder 7 is attached to the combined scrapingtool and extractingtool just described. It consists of a longitudinal troughlikeinem'b erS, made "by turning a piece of metal up at its sides 9 9. Each side is slotted, as at 10, to admit of the passage of the pin or pivot 5, and the sides are secured together at their upper extremity by a pin 11 and at their lower extremity by the transverse wooden slat 12, which serves as a stiffening-piece or brace as well.

The pin 5 servesas a hinge upon which the member Scan turn. Each side plate 9 9 terininates at' its lower extremity in a sharp point 13,13, which pass through suitable apertures provided in the bottom of the handle 2 when the handholder is in the position shown in Fig. 3.

The pot-holder is provided at its upper extremity with a snap-hook 14, made of two pieces of-metal, 'on'e'forming the hook proper, 15, and the other the spring piecelfi, these pieces beingon each side of the pin or pivot 11.

The manner ofusing my combined tool as a pot-holder is illustrated in Fig. 3. In this figure, 17 and 18 are'shingles arranged in the usual manner upon a sloping roof. The broad blade of the scraperis inserted under the uppermost shingle 17 and lies upon the shingle 18 immediately underneath. The pot-holder is swung upon the pivot 5 asa hinge until it assumes the position shown in the figure, the snap-hook 14 being extended as far as needs be to hold the paint-pot 19, which isinserted under the edge of the hook in the manner shown in the figure and the bottomof which rests upon the upper part of the handholdti. The sharp points 13 13 of the pot-holder, passing through the apertures in the handle of the scraper, are driven into the shingle 18 and prevent the tool from slipping downward.

The construction of the snap hook 14tenables IOC a pot of any size to be carried by the tool, as the snap-hook can move up or down until a suitable height is obtained.

\Vhen itis no longer desired to use the combined tool as a pot-holder, the pot is taken off of the hook, which is then permitted to drop within the cavity formed between the slat 12 and the lower portion of the member 8. This member is then slid toward the rear of the tool, the slots 10 permitting such movement, until the points 13 13 pass under the forwardly-curved portion of the handhold.

What I claim as new is- 1. A painterstool consisting of ascrapingblade and a handle therefor terminating in'a transverse handhold provided with lateral bifurcations forming extracting-claws.

2. A painters tool consisting of a scrapingblade a handle therefor and a hinged upwardly-projecting member provided with a hook at its upperend forming a pot-holder.

3. A painters tool consisting of a scrapingblade, a handle therefor, a hinged upwardlyprojecting member provided with a hook at its upper end forming a pot-holderand means for raising or lowering the hook.

4. A pain ters tool consisting of a scrapingblade, a handle therefor, a hinged upwardlyprojecting member provided with a hook at its upper end forminga pot-holder, and means for preventing the rotation of the pot-holder when in an upright position.

5. A painters tool consisting of a scrapingblade, a handle therefor terminating in a transverse handhold provided with lateral bifurcations forming extracting-claws and a hinged upwardly-extending pot-holder.

6. A painters tool consisting of a scrapingblade, a handle therefor terminating in a transverse handhold provided with lateral bifurcations forming extracting-claws, ahinged upwardly-extending pot-holder and means for raising or lowering the latter.

7. A painters tool consisting of a scrapingblade, a handle therefor terminating in a transverse handhold provided with lateral bifurcations forming extracting-claws, a hinged upwardly-extendingpot-holder and means for preventing the rotation of the pot holder when in an upright position.

8. A painters tool consisting of a scrapingblade, a handle therefor terminating in a transverse handheld, an upwardly-extending pot-holder and a sheath for the latter when not in use.

9. A painters tool consisting of a scrapingblade, a handle therefor, a hinged pot-holder extending upwardly therefrom,and means for maintaining the pot-holder in an upright position.

Witness my hand this 22d day of March, 1902, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN S. NEWTON, HERMAN MEYER. 

